The Wahpeton times., 1887-12-29
One ITO Many.

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BY tho way that Eliza Moore slam
med the soap into its receptacle and
made the suds fly it was evident that
she was not - little fustered. She
showed no mercy for the washboartl
that trembled and groaned under the
swift succession of rubdubs that were
brought to bear up on it, and paid no at
tention to the quantities of water that
were being swished over the top of
the tub. running in streams across the
Kitchen floor Her husband coming
into the kitchen for 81 drink. barely es-
cape,l being hit OH the head with a
garment that his wife threw across the
room into the boiler.
''Why. Eliza" laughed he. "you
came near putting my eye OUT
II don't know that it would make
much difference" retortcd his wife,
- ''for you couldn't see much less with
one eye than you do now with two."
However true that may be. can
at lenst see that there is something
wrong with you. What is it, my
dearp''
~ Don't waste your time in my dear.
ing me when there are n thousand and
one things happening under your very
nose every day that you have no eyes
a or ears fOr!' said Eliza, brandishing
x*he soap in the air.
why, Eliza! Eliza! what is the mat
terp" asked Mr.. Moore.
''Matter enough. should think! A
man with no eyes ut all could see what
the matter is, when those three dAught-
ers of yours spend thcir time humping
on the piano and doing fancy work in
the parlor, while am in the kitchen
washmg!"
but it is all your own fault. Eliza.
You know that don't want you to
wash. for Gun afford to pay for having
it DONE"
.'suppose you can? Fifty cents is
fifty cents. and if can save fifty cents
= propose to do it.
But what has that to do with tho
y girlsp"
"a good deal. Why can't they wasl,
their own ciOthes!'
'Why, because it is not necessary,
suppose. Clara and Lu are like their
mothcr-not strong; and us Bertie is
not yet out of school she could hardly
5 be expected to do tho washing.''
That is right, John Moore. Stand
up for your daughters, no matter what
becomes of your poor wife" said Eliza.
beginning TO sol. ''The fact of the
business is. I am one too many in this
house. I feel it every hour. For aweek
or more your daughters have stunned
me and tried to keep away from me as
much rs possible. I-jnst-can't stand
it!''
There is some mistake" said good
John Moore. 81 am quite sure the
rls would do nothing to hurt your
tocl ngs. and-I-thought they quite
liked you. Cheer up. Eliza. dear. and |
promise 10 do all in my power to make
you happy. If 1 had time l would 90
! up and have 81 talk with the girls now:
but must WA until tonight"
he kissed his wife aud left the house
with heavy heart. They had been
married about - month, and this was
the first time that Eliza had been ..,n II
z temper
Mr.. Moore's first wife had been a
delicate. lady like little creature, who
!. was OF about as much consequence rs a
helpmnte to her husband as doll
would have been. He had petted and
cared for her tenderly. and, If he was
3 disappointed in her not taking more
! interest in her children aud home, he
! never murmured. She died when the
4 three girls. whom the father idolized,
: were very young. A widowed sister
8 had kept house for him for a number
Of wears. but she. too, had died, and
since her death the house had sadly
lacked head.
After deeply considering the matter
Mr. Moore decided to marry again.
providing he could find suitable
partner. He wanted a wife who would
not be above taking matters in her own
hands and who would be quite capa-
bic of steering the household work. So
instead of choosing one among the
well-to-d0 families where he visited, he
Y sought ont Eliza Perkins, IL little
woman OF five and thirty, who had
been accustomed to hard work and
poverty all her life, and who felt CRATE
2 ful for having been sought in marriage
/ at such late day by such good man
s-as John Moore.
Eliza had been so accustomed to
scraping and saving that she was un-
Rbla to give up the habit, even in John
" sores fine house. Mr.. Moore
! thought it best to let her do as she
wished for time. in the hope that she
would gradually come into taking
things easier and enjoying life u little
/. more. The plan seemed to have fall
ed. however. and everything was in
mudslle.
\ Eliza was tired and sore-hearted as
I slo went to her room to change her
tdress that afternoon; but it. was
Eood drying day. and she Ind the sat
3 iafaction of knowing that she had
Y long line Of snow-white clothes flap-
T ping in the breeze. There was a
scsmpering in the upper hall, and she
go